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Meaning of "diddly-squat" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DIDDLY-SQUAT

diddly-squat  [ˌdɪdlɪˈskwɒt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIDDLY-SQUAT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Diddly-Squat is a pronoun.
The pronoun is a word that replaces other terms that designate people or things at any given moment.

WHAT DOES DIDDLY-SQUAT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nothing

Nothing is a pronoun denoting the absence of anything. Nothing is a pronoun associated with nothingness. In nontechnical uses, nothing denotes things lacking importance, interest, value, relevance, or significance. Nothingness is the state of being nothing, the state of nonexistence of anything, or the property of having nothing.

Definition of diddly-squat in the English dictionary

The definition of diddly-squat in the dictionary is anything.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIDDLY-SQUAT


aliquot
ˈælɪˌkwɒt
asquat
əˈskwɒt
cumquat
ˈkʌmkwɒt
diquat
ˈdaɪkwɒt
kilowatt
ˈkɪləʊˌwɒt
kumquat
ˈkʌmkwɒt
loquat
ˈləʊkwɒt
megawatt
ˈmɛɡəˌwɒt
nanowatt
ˈnænəˌwɒt
Paraquat
ˈpærəˌkwɒt
Pequot
ˈpiːkwɒt
quat
kwɒt
somewhat
ˈsʌmˌwɒt
squat
skwɒt
swat
swɒt
swot
swɒt
terawatt
ˈtɛrəˌwɒt
watt
wɒt
what
wɒt
wot
wɒt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIDDLY-SQUAT

didakai
didapper
didascalic
didder
diddicoy
diddies
diddle
diddler
diddley
diddly
diddy
didelphian
didelphic
didelphid
didelphine
didelphous
Diderot
didgeridoo
didicoy
didjeridoo

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIDDLY-SQUAT

all that
and all that
and that
as all that
at
be all that
beat
been-there done-that
boat
body fat
cat
chat
eat
fat
feat
fiat
flat
for all that
format
fouat

Synonyms and antonyms of diddly-squat in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «diddly-squat» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIDDLY-SQUAT

Find out the translation of diddly-squat to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of diddly-squat from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «diddly-squat» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

diddly蹲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

diddly sentadilla
570 millions of speakers

English

diddly-squat
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

diddly - फूहड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

diddly - القرفصاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Diddly - присед
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

diddly -squat
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

diddly-বেঁটে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

diddly - squat
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Takdly-squat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

diddly -Squat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

くだらない、スクワット
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

완전 사기 - 쪼그리고
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Diddly-squat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

diddly - squat
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

diddly-குந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फुरफुल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

diddly-bodur
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

diddly -squat
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

diddly - squat
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Diddly - присед
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

diddly - ghemuit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

diddly - squat
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

diddly - squat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

diddly - squat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

snurten
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of diddly-squat

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIDDLY-SQUAT»

The term «diddly-squat» is regularly used and occupies the 100.689 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIDDLY-SQUAT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «diddly-squat» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «diddly-squat» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about diddly-squat

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIDDLY-SQUAT»

Discover the use of diddly-squat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to diddly-squat and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dsi: Diddly Squat Investigation
The intriguing sports history and the constant debate of the origin and meaning of the many different sports phases and sayings in this story are quite enough for any sports fan but this story adds the likes of two bumbling investigators ...
J. H. Holland, J. H. Holland, 2011
2
Diddly Squat's Adventure and Other Children's Poems
There once was a gnome called Diddly Squat, He would sit fishing, more often than not. But on this one day, Not such a long time away, He decided to go for a walk. Packing up his rod and his little bag of things, Off he walked across the bridge ...
Rowan Blair Colver
3
In Search of Diddly Squat: Or: The Mall Walker's Guide to ...
Or Sheryl Crow? Or Yankee Doodle? What do mullets have in common with fired football coaches? Or Facebook? Or mall walkers? In Search of Diddly Squat provides answers to those questions.
Ray Oliver, 2009
4
Seeking Hakka Bakka
I know diddly squat about ball games and was never good at them like you.” James laughed. ”Diddly Squat! Diddly Squat. That's really funny. What does diddly squat mean, Pop-pop? Kris shook his head with a smile. “Sorry. I don't know diddly ...
Bebe Lord Gow, 2012
5
C Is for Children
Comment. You can add spaces and line breaks between keywords, names, symbols, and values. You can add space by pressing the space bar. And you can add a line break by pressing the Enter or Return key. Program Diddly Squat could ...
D. Michael Parrish, 2014
6
Rainbow's Expressions and Observations Or Only Visiting This ...
A W of course you fool don't you know diddly-squat? So diddly-squat flow diddly- squat is that the quest I seek? Is th at why we are put on Earth for destinv so meek ? I just don't know why we arc here let's do the best we can Until of course we ...
Rainbow, 2006
7
Perspectives on Negation and Polarity Items
14. Sources differ orthographically as to squatitive rendering. There is no consensus on whether it's diddly squat or diddley squat or on whether these two- word collocations are mere properly hyphenated compounds, as in the caption to a New ...
Jacob Hoeksema, 2001
8
Looking in the Rear View Mirror: I Didn't Ask to Be a Senior ...
I've also heard, "He doesn't know "diddly squat" Tell me, someone who doesn't know diddly squat, do they know more or less than someone who just doesn't know diddly? I'm thoroughly confused although if I knew what a diddly was I think I ...
Doug Jensen, 2003
9
The Ultimate Indoor Games Book: The 200 Best Boredom Busters ...
Diddly-Squat. Races. What you Do ... to complete, "When l was a " for each game. Don't start with anything too hard, such as "When l was a sausage." Fast Food Delivery What you Do 1 3 Players divide. races & relays Diddly-Squat Races ...
Veronika Alice Gunter, 2005
10
Casual Lex: An Informal Assemblage of Why We Say What We Say
Asked to take a pro or con stance, Andy Griffith might well respond: “I don't care diddly-squat; it makes no difference to me.” Carnival workers who traveled from town to town working one county fair after another developed their own private ...
Webb Garrison, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIDDLY-SQUAT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term diddly-squat is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Both Sides Now - Slate Magazine
It does not present a legitimate “side” of jack-diddly-squat. Teaching such material in the university setting grants legitimacy to theories that ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Donald Trump's Blinding Achievement - The Rush Limbaugh Show
Hasn't done diddly-squat for them. As long as that remains the policy of the Republican Party, they are never ever going to link and connect to ... «RushLimbaugh.com, Jul 15»
3
Precision medicine inches along | Genetic Literacy Project
And we basically know diddly-squat. While neither Dobbs nor Joyner call for a referendum on precision medicine, or even a halt to funding ... «Genetic Literacy Project, Jul 15»
4
The High-Tech Lynching of Clarence Thomas Continues into a New …
So that's the starting point. George Takei is a nice guy. Nobody knows him. He's not done diddly-squat since Star Trek except political activism. «RushLimbaugh.com, Jul 15»
5
MIF 15 REVIEWED | Age Of Starlight (Preview)
£346m is a lot of money, but diddly-squat to the likes of Intel and Microsoft, who've hemorrhaged money trying to similarly augment reality. «Manchester Confidential, Jul 15»
6
GABA Q&A: What's the most fun you've had cheering for an …
I didn't know diddly-squat about water polo nor did I ever watched that much volleyball but there I was watching and cheering them on like it ... «Garnet And Black Attack, Jul 15»
7
Biz Press: Corporate Lapdog?
The Biz Press assumes the D.C.-based preservationists don't know diddly-squat about the Stockyards. “It's obvious that all the Washington ... «Fort Worth Weekly, Jul 15»
8
Rush: Republicans Can't Win Without Social Issues
The Republicans aren't gonna win diddly-squat without them. They may not like hearing it. They may not like it, period. But it's the lay of the land ... «Breitbart News, Jun 15»
9
Republicans Cannot Win Without Voters Who Care About the …
The Republicans aren't gonna win diddly-squat without them. They may not like hearing it. They may not like it, period. But it's the lay of the land ... «RushLimbaugh.com, Jun 15»
10
A Peace Corps massacre
Kai'ilo didn't and wouldn't ever know diddly-squat, not in Samoan, not in English, not in any language known to mankind and most assuredly ... «The Salinas Californian, Jun 15»

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